I transport four 5-gallon jugs of water to a planter just outside of my small town to water the plants. Water weighs about 8 pounds a gallon and I was lifting these 40+ pound jugs and thought that was dumb because I was going to hurt my back. I am a 68 year old lady so I got on-line and searched a bit and found this FlowJoe Aqua Tap at right around a hundred bucks. SOLD!!! The price of a couple of chiropractic appointments averted! The 12 v. cigarette lighter style plug-in worked perfectly in my 2005 Toyota van and the power cord easily stretched to the very back of my van where I put the water jugs. The water intake and outflow hoses are way plenty long to allow me to water the plants. I did see a good tip on-line to afix the intake hose to a short stick so I can put it into a corner of the jug and tilt the jug to suck out most of the water. The hose curled around before I did this and I wasn't really sure where the end of the hose was inside the blue jug. I just could not be any happier with this little pump than I am!! Thank you for making a terrific product at a good price and it's American made, too!!